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gary noden
14th Aug 2006, 11:45
missed my disco so much I had to get another.

sitting on my drive now waiting for insurance and tax. just needs a few little jobs: service, radio, heater blower and a clean inside.

a bit odd going from a very nice 300tdi back to an old 200 but who cares, it was the right price and very sound.

it's got the disckie seats wich I think I'll get rid of and replace them with bins for storage.

so here we go again - it's good to be back

gary
Newsreader
14th Aug 2006, 11:53
Hi Gary, glad you are back in the fold :) Just can't keep away from Landies, can you :D
gary noden
14th Aug 2006, 12:02
it's an illness! never mind the AA (alcoholics - not car blokes) there should be LRA.

gary
Dave-H
14th Aug 2006, 16:53
Who? :rolleyes:





:p
bilge rat
14th Aug 2006, 21:31
definatly adictive aint they. had me 200 then got a 300 so had both .sold me 200 which was possibly the best of the 2. now want another one. alan.....
gary noden
15th Aug 2006, 22:32
dave,

been away for a while but glad to be back. taken a long run tonight for no good reason other than enjoyment, try explaining that to an environmentalist! truck runs great, really smooth for a 200, pulls well and no shakes, knocks or rattles. now I need to sort out the clutch!!! great, where's me spanners?

gary
Roger Whittle
16th Aug 2006, 19:51
Welcome back Gary. My question is; do other marques generate this incureable loyalty and the silly Land Rover grin we all wear when driving our green oval variants? Quirky, unreliable, heavy, mostly slow and always expensive, Land Rovers seem to have everything to put people off, but we are all mesmerised.

What on earth is it? I don't know and non Landie owners cannot for the life of them understand that it even happens. Is there a soppy Renault Clio grin?

Roger.
gary noden
16th Aug 2006, 20:04
no idea at all, but what's really wiered is I couldn't wait to find something to fix. looking for something to fiddle with I decided to investigate the sloppy clutch pedal. I was delighted when I took the pin out of the pedal and found LR had machined in an eccentric cam to adjust the slop! made a little shim from a plumbing olive, adjusted the cam. works brlliantly. not felt so pleased with myself for a long while.

I also have a cuple of old MGs which give me similar satisfaction, but my modern car, a nice as it is, doesn't.

I think it's something to do with investing youself in your machine.

who knows but I'm chuffed.